Michelle Garfield Cook, the University of Georgia’s senior vice provost, has been named UGA’s next vice president for student affairs, President Jere W. Morehead announced Monday. Cook is a veteran UGA leader and student advocate who has introduced numerous institution-wide initiatives benefitting students. She will succeed Victor K. Wilson, who is retiring from the university on September 30.
UGA’s annual student leadership conference will take place on September 17th, 9:30 AM to 4:00 PM at the Tate Student Center. UGA’s best and brightest students gather for a FREE conference on leadership, collaboration, inclusion, community engagement, well-being, and more!
On Sunday morning, UGA Miracle, the University of Georgia’s largest student-run philanthropy, announced it had raised $1,167,175.22 for Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta.
To vaccinate as many students, faculty, and staff against the flu as possible, UGA will offer flu shots with no out-of-pocket costs. #flUGA is a series of pop-up flu vaccine clinics held around campus during the fall, presented in partnership between the College of Pharmacy, the University Health Center (UHC), and UGA Well-being Resources.
The University of Georgia honored five students on Tuesday who heroically jumped into action to save a woman and two children after the woman’s car veered into a creek in rural Burke County. While on their way to Savannah to enjoy St. Patrick’s Day, Jane McArdle, Molly McCollum, Eleanor Cart, Clarke Jones and Kaitlyn Iannace, all…
New USNWR ranking puts the University of Georgia at No. 16 in the nation
Researchers and educators at the University of Georgia Marine Extension and Georgia Sea Grant work in a unique kind of lab. On Skidaway Island, staff are surrounded on every side by miles of salt marsh and towering oak trees with vibrant, twisting branches covered in Spanish moss. Egrets soar overhead and squareback crabs scurry over their boots as they cross the maritime forest floor.